Strong praise for SpaceX, France’s arch-rival rocket launching system, was not expected at a French parliamentary hearing on July 7th. Especially when the praise came in a comment from the head of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) launcher directorate, Gaele Winters. He told the French delegates that SpaceX had been an outstanding success. “Despite the […]
The BBC is rolling out the latest update to the iPlayer mobile app for Android and iOS mobile devices, featuring a new consistent menu across both platforms. Explaining the update to the navigation system, Tom Widd Senior UX Designer for BBC iPlayer, wrote in a blog: “Users will be presented with a consistent menu bar […]
China’s media and television watchdog has reportedly asked licensed online content providers of Internet TV and STBs to rectify violations, including tweeting video website applications or installing Internet browsers in TVs. The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) issued a notice asking the seven State-owned licensed Internet TV content providers in […]
Comedy Central has announced that South Park creators Matt Smith and Trey Parker have signed a deal to extend the adult-animated series by another three years and 30 episodes (that’s in addition to the two remaining years on the shows current contract). Additionally, South Park Digital has announced a separate deal with Hulu that will […]
Sky has guaranteed that its most popular on-demand programming will be supported by subtitles by summer 2016. Ian Rosarius, Director, Product Design & Development at Sky, gave the assurance and outlined other ways in which the pay-TV broadcaster will be improving its subtitling in a blog post. He wrote: “At Sky, we want to make […]
Discovery Networks International (DNI) has named Arthur Bastings as the new head of the Asia-Pacific region, effective September 1st. As President and Managing Director of Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP), Bastings is responsible for setting the regional strategy and maximising the potential of DNAP’s business and workforce to accelerate the company’s expansion. He will be […]
Sky 1 is taking viewers behind the scenes to lift the lid on Muppet life as it’s revealed the pay-TV channel will be the exclusive home of all-new documentary-style ABC Studios series The Muppets in the UK and Ireland this Autumn. For the first time ever, cameras will document the ups and downs of the […]
Magine TV has announced the appointment of Dr Ambuj Goyal as CEO. Mattias Hjelmstedt, the former CEO and founder of Magine, continues to serve as a member of the Board. A member of the Magine TV board since May 2014, and the company’s President and COO for the last nine months, Goyal has driven the […]
Jumptuit has added an all new iOS app to a seamless multi-platform solution that connects smartphones, tablets, PCs, smart TVs and leading cloud services. The new Jumptuit iOS app is developed in Swift, Apple’s programming language. With Jumptuit, media on iOS devices plays instantly and smoothly through the Jumptuit TV native app. The Jumptuit TV […]
VeEX, a global player in telecom, CATV, fibre and broadband access test solutions, has announced the ability to test up to 600G throughput for its UX400 100G test solution. The platform is optimised for 100G Ethernet and OTU4 test applications within the data centers, aggregation points, core network as well as 400G development and evaluation […]